Press photos are available at www.vogtsbauernhof.de User ID: presse Password: vogt.1964 Black Forest Open Air Museum Vogtsbauernhof Contents The Black Forest Open Air Museum Vogtsbauernhof - Page 3 Experience and discover 600 years of Black Forest History Museum Profile Page 5 The Schlössle or “Little Castle” from Effringen Page 6 Guided Tours Page 7 Offers for Individual Visits with Children Page 10 General information Page 11 All you need to know Page 12 2 The Black Forest Open Air Museum ‒ Experience and discover 600 years of Black Forest History Founded 50 years ago as a museum of Black Forest architecture, today the Open Air Museum Vogtsbauernhof in Gutach appeals to all our senses to impart how people used to live and work in the Black Forest. The tour around the museum shows the different regions of this mountain range: from the Hotzenwald and the Dreisam Valley via the Schauinsland to the day labourer’s cottage from Oberprechtal, the “Hippenseppenhof” from Furtwangen and, finally, the mighty farmhouses from the Valleys of Gutach and Kinzig. In total, six completely equipped Black Forest farmhouses from the 16th to the 19th century, a day labourer’s cottage, a 600-year-old sandstone building from the northern Black Forest and 15 additional buildings such as mills, sawmills, a chapel, and storehouses can be visited. The new season in 2018 brings the northern Black Forest to the museum, with the opening of the Schlössle - or 'little castle' - from Effringen from Wildberg in the districit of Calw. This former country manor is more than 600 years old, making it both the oldest building and the first manor house in a Baden-Wuerttemberg open air museum. Those expecting to merely see old houses in the Open Air Museum Vogtsbauernhof are in for a surprise: you will find domestic animals of old breeds in the stalls, goats and sheep grazing in the meadows, and the black kitchens still smell of the last fire’s smoke. A comprehensive and carefully planned programme with daily activities provides for an eventful visit to the museum throughout the entire season: live cooking in the smoky kitchen, daily demonstrations of the mill, a museum workshop for families and many more exciting highlights such as Traditional Costume Day and the Autumn Festival with butchering. During the season, numerous craftsmen and –women present their traditional crafts on the grounds of the museum. The programme alternates daily so you will get to see at least one of following: the broom-maker, the spinner, the weaver, the wood-carver, the straw- shoemaker and many more. You can find our detailed year’s programme on the website of the Black Forest Open Air Museum Vogtsbauernhof: www.vogtsbauernhof.de 3 Events and Highlights Daily events . Daily craftsmen demonstrations Museum visitors are invited to witness traditional crafts. Every day from May to September, from 11.00 am to 17.00 pm. Mill demonstration Daily at 11.00 am, 12.30 am and 2.00 pm. Free guided tours for the public (in German) Daily at 2.30 pm, in August also at 11.30 am. Free guided tours for public (in English) In July and August daily at 1.00 pm. Museum workshop for families Under expert guidance, the museum guests can make various items and objects, from cuckoo pipes and water wheels to lanterns .In our main seasons from mid- Mai to mid-September and during the Easter and autumn half-term holidays, daily from 11am to 4pm (last workshop begins at 3.30pm). In the low-season there aren’t workshops on Mondays and Fridays. Regular events . Country women’s day Local ladies prepare traditional regional specialities. A real treat! Every first Saturday of the month from 11.00 am to 5.00 pm. Open workshop for families The open workshops for families offer various activities for the whole family. Every Sunday from 11.00 am to 4.00 pm we invite you to work, build, paint and puzzle while stocks last. Traditional “Bollenhut” costumes in the museum Meet the women from Gutach in their traditional costumes with the red bobbled hat – every Sunday from mid-May to mid-September from 1.00 to 3.30 pm. 4 Museum Profile Mission The Black Forest Open Air Museum is a forum for the entire Black Forest region. It carries out research projects and explores the cultural heritage and development of all rural areas in the Black Forest region. In addition, the museum collects and preserves for the future important cultural assets from the region to ensure that the people of the region and visitors can access and experience these collections. In this way, the Open Air Museum contributes to the promotion and preservation of the regions cultural identity. Location On B 33, between Hausach and Gutach / Schwarzwaldbahn Governing Authority County of Ortenau Size 17 acres History 1963: Foundation of the museum and beginning of the restoration of Vogtsbauernhof farmstead 1964: Opening of Vogtsbauernhof farmstead and its outbuildings 1966: Opening of Hippenseppenhof farmstead and its outbuildings 1972: Opening of Lorenzenhof farmstead 1980: Opening of Hotzenwald farmstead 1982: Opening of Schauinsland farmstead 1996: Museum is transformed into an enterprise 1999: Opening of Falkenhof farmstead 2002: Opening of day labourer's cottage "Wirtstonis" 2006: Opening of the reception building 2010: Opening of the adventure playground 2014: Opening of the station “Gutach Freilichtmuseum” 2017: Opening of Hermann-Schilli House 2018: Opening of ‘little castle’ from Effringen 2019: Opening of Water playground and Pavilion for Museum Education Visitors / Significance With 220.000 visitors during its seven-month season on average, the museum is the most visited open-air museum in Germany and one of the most visited throughout Europe. The museum is a very important tourist attraction in the Black Forest. Since its opening, the museum has attracted 15.6 million visitors. Exhibitions The only museum that collects important cultural assets of all Black Forest regions: . Six fully furnished Black Forest farm houses and one labourer’s cottage . The 600-year-old “Little Castle from Effringen” is one of the oldest buildings in a German open-air museum . The “Hermann Schilli” house (built in 1980) with its modern lecture room and a permanent exhibition on the lifestyle of the 1980s . A number of outbuildings including storage houses, chapels, grain and sawmills as well as boundary stones and wayside shrines . Typical gardens and traditional livestock (e.g. horses, cows, pigs and goats) . Experience the inner workings of mills, different trades and crafts, a workshop for families as well as other exciting activities . A wide range of tours for groups, school and kindergarten children Origin of Visitors 70% Germany 30% foreign countries (Netherlands, USA, France, Italy, Spain, Israel) Number of Year-round: 15, during season: about 50 Employees 5 The Schlössle or “Little Castle” from Effringen The season in 2018 brings the northern Black Forest to the museum, with the opening of the Schlössle - or 'little castle' - from Effringen from Wildberg in the districit of Calw. This former country manor is more than 600 years old, making it both the oldest building and the first manor house in a Baden-Wuerttemberg open air museum and one of the oldest of any open air museum in Germany. Between 2015 and 2017, in a highly complex restoration and relocation procedure it was brought to the Black Forest Open Air Museum Vogtsbauernhof. In 1379, after the original building had become derelict, building work began on a grand, three-storied mansion with tower. Since then, the building has been referred to as a Schlössle, meaning ‘little castle’ (or palace), both by the locals and in the archives. First used by the steward of the estate, it was then mentioned as a manor house with right of patronage and finally inhabited as a farmhouse. After various phases of renovation, the last occupants lived in the house until 1972. After years left standing empty and receiving only minimum maintenance, it passed from the owners, the Gauß family, into the hands of the museum. It was now almost derelict and needed a massive amount of work. The ensuing highly complex and costly process of restoration and relocation to the museum took three years. Thanks to the recollections of the house’s last occupants, the rooms could be refurbished to look more or less as they had when the family moved out in 1972. Historical photos of the interior which were found in the family photo album, though few in number, provided the museum team with valuable additional help. On the ground floor, in what were once the animal stalls, visitors to the museum will find information material about the history of the building and a presentation of original objects found in the house or during excavation work after dismantling the building. 6 Guided Tours Guided themed tours for groups Let yourself be guided by experts through the Open Air Museum. 1. Find out how it used to be General guided tour. Duration: 60 minutes Languages: German, English, French, Spanish, Russian Price: € 60 plus entrance fee p.p. (German) / € 70 plus entrance fee p.p. (other language) 2. Women of the forest Black Forest agricultural women and maidservants A culturally historical encounter with the women of our region. Not one of them remained a young, carefree Black Forest girl her whole life long. Duration: 90 minutes Languages: German, English, French Price: € 80 plus entrance fee p.p. (German) / € 90 plus entrance fee p.p. (other language) 3. The farmer and God About Christian and other symbols A kind all their own, these people from times gone by. Evidently extremely religious yet very, very superstitious.